All management in one place, it's really nice to have it!
From Windows Server 2012, you can manage: Windows 2012 Servers, Windows 2008 R2, Windows server 2008 and for Server 2003 R2 you can check online and offline status.
What you need on 2008/R2 servers:
Windows Management Framework 3.0 - RC
Configure-SMRemoting.ps1 -force -enable
From Windows Server 2012, you can manage: Windows 2012 Servers, Windows 2008 R2, Windows server 2008 and for Server 2003 R2 you can check online and offline status.
What you need on 2008/R2 servers:
Windows Management Framework 3.0 - RC
.NET Framework 4.0 (client and extended)
If you get error: The update is not applicable to your computer then installing Windows Management Framework 3.0
Install dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64
After Windows Management Framework 3.0 - RC installation on 2008 servers, you need to enter few coomands:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned and then
Configure-SMRemoting.ps1 -force -enable